M. Kirin's Blog, page 292
March 1, 2019
This episode of my writing advice & inspiration podcast is a...
This episode of my writing advice & inspiration podcast is a big one! Today’s topics include: Revisiting Some of my Old Advice, Creative License, and an Impromptu-Prompt!!
February 25, 2019
There’s a bunch of goodies up on my Patreon!Everyone pledging $1...

There’s a bunch of goodies up on my Patreon!
Everyone pledging $1 and up gets early access to two episodes of my podcast. An episode on Write What You Know, and another on beating writer’s block as well as the creative license.
That’s not all though~
Everyone pledging $10 and up gets access to my writing zine! Every month I tackle a weird, bizarre, strange story. And this month it’s a double feature! Digital copies are available now, physical ones will be shipping worldwide at the start of March...
February 22, 2019
This episode is rated R for Real as heck. Today on the podcast...
This episode is rated R for Real as heck. Today on the podcast we talk about fate, wanting to be a writer, titles, and—of course—a weird prompt to boot!
February 18, 2019
This month’s workshop is a special one! I go in-depth about an...
This month’s workshop is a special one! I go in-depth about an experience I had last year, where I tried and tried and tried to make a story work. I changed the setting. I shuffled the characters around. In the end none of it worked. How did I get out of this slump? A little thing I call the Creative Reset~ ♥
February 15, 2019
In this pajama party special episode of Omakase: Rewriting VS...
In this pajama party special episode of Omakase: Rewriting VS Revising. Max gets challenged. Convenience VS Inconvenience. And a prompt of COSMIC proportions.
February 8, 2019
In this episode of Omakase: Turning your smartphone into a...
In this episode of Omakase: Turning your smartphone into a dumbphone. The best font to write in. How I prepare to revise a novel. And, last but by no means least, a prompt about a stranger who claims to be something fantastical.
February 1, 2019
In this episode of Omakase: On the subject of my old writing....
In this episode of Omakase: On the subject of my old writing. Questions about writing from experience, and a conversation about secrets. Lastly, a prompt about a voice coming from the TV…
January 25, 2019
This week in your friendly neighborhood Omakase: What makes a...
This week in your friendly neighborhood Omakase: What makes a good first episode/chapter? Questions about plot-twists, and description. And, a prompt about a cat—or, at least something that claims to be one…
January 18, 2019
Omakase is back! In the first episode of 2019 I talk about my...
Omakase is back! In the first episode of 2019 I talk about my goals for this year, how to stick to a new habit, finding story ideas—and offer one of my weirdest prompts yet!
January 14, 2019
Not the easiest lessons. Not the things we pick up lightly....
Not the easiest lessons. Not the things we pick up lightly. These are the hard lessons of 2018, a collection of five things I had to learn (and in most cases re-learn) over the course of the last year. Writing. Life. It’s okay to make mistakes, what matters most is that we learn from them. ♥